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Supreme Court Clarifies “At Home” for Purposes of Jurisdiction over Corporations

February 2014

Client Alerts

Supreme Court Clarifies “At Home” for Purposes of Jurisdiction over Corporations

February 2014

On January 14, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States issued Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S.Ct. 746, 760 (2014), which confirmed that “only a limited set of affiliations with a forum will render a defendant amenable to general jurisdiction.” Daimler sharply limits plaintiffs’ ability to engage in forum shopping because, absent “exceptional” circumstances, a plaintiff may sue in only three places: (1) the forum that has specific jurisdiction because the lawsuit stems from the defendant’s contacts with that forum; (2) the defendant’s place of incorporation; and (3) the defendant’s principal place of business. Read the Client Alert here.

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